Directory of Important Bird Areas in China (Mainland): Key Sites for Conservation

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1 Directory of Important Bird Areas in China (Mainland): Key Sites for Conservation Editors SIMBA CHAN (Editor-in-chief) MIKE CROSBY, SAMSON SO, WANG DEZHI, FION CHEUNG and HUA FANGYUAN Principal compilers and data contributors Prof. Zhang Zhengwang (Beijing Normal University), Prof. Chang Jiachuan (Northeast Forestry University), the late Prof. Zhao Zhengjie (Forestry Institute of Jilin Province), Prof. Xing Lianlian (University of Nei Menggu), Prof. Ma Ming (Ecological and Geographical Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang), Prof. Lu Xin (Wuhan University), Prof. Liu Naifa (Lanzhou University), Prof. Yu Zhiwei (China West Normal University), Prof. Yang Lan (Kunming Institute for Zoology), Prof. Wang Qishan (Anhui University), Prof. Ding Changqing (Beijing Forestry University), Prof. Ding Ping (Zhejiang University), the late Prof. Gao Yuren (South China Institute for Endangered Animals), Prof. Zhou Fang (Guangxi University), Prof. Hu Hongxing (Wuhan University), Prof. Chen Shuihua (Zhejiang Natural History Museum), Tsering (Tibet University), Prof. Ma Zhijun (Fudan University), Prof. Guo Yumin (Capital Normal University), Dai Nianhua (Institute of Sciences, Jiangxi), Prof. Han Lianxian (Southwest Forestry University), Yang Xiaojun (Kunming Institute for Zoology), Prof. Wang Zijiang (Kunming Ornithological Association), Prof. Li Zhumei (Institute of Biology, Guizhou), Ma Chaohong (Management Office of Yellow River Wetland National Nature Reserve, Henan), Shen You (Chengdu Bird Watching Society), Wei Qian (Chengdu Bird Watching Society), Zhang Yu (Wild Bird Society of Jiangsu), Kang Hongli (Wild Bird Society of Shanghai). Information on Important Bird Areas in China was compiled with the support of the World Bank using consultant trust funds from the Government of Japan. Surveys of IBAs in western China were funded by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (Japan) and the Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (Japan). An IBA Workshop in Fuzhou was funded by the Darwin Initiative of the UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Tolkien Trust, Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust and the BirdLife Asia Bird Fund provided additional support for the inventory compilation. The World Bank's Sustainable Development Office in Beijing provided significant financial support for the publication of the inventory.

2 RECOMMENDED CITATION: BirdLife International (2009) Directory of Important Bird Areas in China (Mainland): Key Sites for Conservation. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International (English language edition) BirdLife International Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA, United Kingdom Tel: Fax: Internet: BirdLife International Asia Division TM Suidobashi Bldg., 4F, Misaki-cho , Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo , Japan Tel: Fax: info@birdlife-asia.org BirdLife International is a UK-registered charity All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. ISBN First published 2009 by BirdLife International The Directory of Important Bird Areas in China (Mainland): Key Sites for Conservation (BirdLife International 2009) was published in Chinese with an English summary, and is available from the Natural History Book Service Ltd, 2 3 Wills Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5XN, UK. Tel: Fax: nhbs@nhbs.co.uk Internet: The English language versions of the Important Bird Area accounts are available to download from the Internet ( This document is an output of the World Bank study Strengthening the Safeguard of Important Areas of Natural Habitat in North-East Asia, financed by consultant trust funds from the government of Japan. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein are those of the editors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The editors take full responsibility for the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colours, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgement on the part of the World Bank or BirdLife International concerning the legal status of any territory or endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

Important Bird Areas in Tianjin City IBAs are represented on the map as

Key: = Protected; = Partially protected; = Unprotected.

3 Important Bird Areas in Tianjin City IBAs are represented on the map as circles proportional to their areas. Key: = Protected; = Partially protected; = Unprotected. All of the IBAs in Tianjin are coastal wetlands, including Beidagang Wetland Nature Reserve (CN319). Some migratory birds spend the winter in this part of China, but most of them continue their journey to visit the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins to the south. (PHOTO: WANG RUIQING)

4 IBA CODE: CN317 NAME: Qilihai Nature Reserve CRITERIA: A1 A4iii AREA: 99,000 ha COORDINATES: 39 20'N 'E ALTITUDE: 3-5 m CONSERVATION STATUS: The IBA was established as Tianjin Paleocoastal and Wetland National Nature Reserve (99,000 ha) in GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Qilihai wetland is located in Ninghe County. It used to be on the coast, but it has gradually been turned into an inland wetland by industrialization and urbanization. Qilihai Nature Reserve mainly comprises a 2,000 ha reservoir, reedbeds and scattered fishponds. THREATENED SPECIES: Grus japonensis (EN), Otis tarda (VU) IBA CODE: CN318 NAME: Tuanbowa Nature Reserve CRITERIA: A1 A4i,A4iii AREA: About 6,000 ha COORDINATES: 38 54'N 117 6'E ALTITUDE: 3-5 m CONSERVATION STATUS: Established as a provincial-level nature reserve in GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Tuanbowa is located in Jinghai County, 24 km from downtown Tianjin. The nature reserve mainly comprises a 6,000 ha reservoir, of which 5,100 ha is open water, with agricultural land, ponds and channels at the edge of the reservoir. THREATENED SPECIES: Ciconia boyciana (EN), Anser cygnoides (EN), Grus japonensis (EN, over 40 birds in 1998), Aythya baeri (VU), Otis tarda (VU) CONGREGATORY WATERBIRDS: Grus japonensis IBA CODE: CN319 NAME: Beidagang Wetland Nature Reserve CRITERIA: A1 A4i AREA: 43,495 ha COORDINATES: 38 45'N 'E ALTITUDE: 0-3 m CONSERVATION STATUS: Established as a provincial-level nature reserve in GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Beidagang Reservoir is located in the Dagang Area of Tianjin City, on the west coast of Bohai Bay. The circumference of the reservoir is 53.6 km, and it has an area of about 44,000 ha. The IBA also includes seasonal marshes and cultivated land near the reservoir. THREATENED SPECIES: Ciconia boyciana (EN, over 800 birds in 1999), Anser cygnoides (EN), Grus japonensis (EN) CONGREGATORY WATERBIRDS: Ciconia boyciana, Grus japonensis

5 IBA CODE: CN320 NAME: Coastal mudflat of Tianjin CRITERIA: A1 A4i AREA: 200 ha COORDINATES: 38 50'N 'E ALTITUDE: Sea-level CONSERVATION STATUS: Unprotected GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The main habitat in the IBA is coastal inter-tidal wetlands. THREATENED SPECIES: Larus relictus (VU) CONGREGATORY WATERBIRDS: Larus relictus (3,362 birds in January 2004), Limosa limosa (c.18,000 birds in April 2005), Tringa stagnatilis (count of 12,000 birds in 2005)

Directory of Important Bird Areas in China (Mainland): Key Sites for Conservation

Directory of Important Bird Areas in China (Mainland): Key Sites for Conservation Editors SIMBA CHAN (Editor-in-chief) MIKE CROSBY, SAMSON SO, WANG DEZHI, FION CHEUNG and HUA FANGYUAN Principal compilers